Egg-carrier.



E. 0. KRAEPELIN.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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EGG-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed September 20, 1915. Serial No. 51,517.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, EDWARD 0.1(nanrn- LIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Botsford, county of Fairlield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Egg-Carriers, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention has for its object to provide an egg-carrier of the type in which each egg is held in an independent, suspended pocket, which willfully meet the requirements of the trade so far as protection of the eggs is concerned and in which the cost of construction, 2'. a. cost of material and cost of assembling, shall be reduced to the minimum.

With these and other objects in view, I have devised the novel egg-carrier which I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of mynovel egg-carrier, partly broken away, illustrating the construction and mode of use; Fig. 2 a cross section thereof on an enlarged scale;

' Fig. 3 a perspective view, on the same scale,

of an egg pocket detached, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of another form of egg pocket which permits the diagonal wall. to be dispensed with.

10 denotes the body or frame of my novel carrier, which is simply a strip of corru gated strawboard of sufficient width to accommodate the pockets and of suflicient length, when bent to rectangular form and the ends secured together, to accommodate the required number of egg pockets placed side by side, for example six or twelve.

11 denotes a supporting strip made of relatively strong paper, which is placed longitudinally of the frame, extending from end to end and diagonally from an upper corner to a lower corner, and is made of sufficient width to provide flaps 12 which are folded over the top and bottom edges respectively of the frame and are pasted or otherwise secured-to the outer side thereof, as clearly shown. 7

13 denotes the egg pockets which are'likewise made of relatively strong paper.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the pockets are made from pieces of paper approximately square and provided with flaps 14 which are pasted to the supporting strip with their lower ends overlapping, as

shown in Fig. 3, and their upper ends diverging so as to form an approximately cone-shaped pocket, the lower end of which is closed by an oblique fold 15 lying against the side of the wall. The upper end of the pocket is left open, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and when the egg is placed therein, is folded down upon it, as at 16 in Figs. 1 and 2, to close the pocket and yieldingly retain the egg in place.

An important feature of my present invention is that everything about it is elas tic or resilient and yields in such a manner as to prevent the shocks inseparable from transportation from being transmitted to the eggs. The frame itself, while sufficiently rigid after assembling, for the purpose intended, is elastic and yields appreciably. The supporting strip, while it does not stretch, yields with the yielding of the frame, and the upper and lower closing folds, indicated by 15 and 16, also yield appreciably, so that while each egg is securely held in place, the shocks and jars of transportation are taken up by the carrier and not transmitted to the eggs.

In Fig. at, I have illustrated another form of egg pocket which is provided with flaps 17 which are folded over the top and bottom edges respectively of the frame and are pasted to the outer side thereof or to the outside of the supporting strip, if used. In this form the supporting strip is not necessary, and may or may not be used, as preferred. The lower end of the pocket is closed flatwise, and the upper end thereof is provided with a closing flap 18, which is folded down upon the egg to close the pocket and yieldingly retain the egg in place.

In use, the carriers may be shipped singly or a number of them may be placed in a suitable box or carton and shipped as a single package.

Having thus described my invention I claim 1. An egg carrier comprising a frame formed with side and end walls, and a plurality of individual egg pockets of flexible material, each provided with a flat wall attached to said frame and extending diagonally across the same from top to bottom, and a lower portion folded. to lie against one of said walls.

.2. egg carrier comprising a frame formed with side and end walls, and a plurality of individual pockets of suitable material each provided with a flat wall ex tending diagonally across the frame from top to bottom, and a lower portion folded to lie against one of said walls, said diagonal portion having flaps attached to opposite sides of said frame.

3. An egg carrier comprising a frame of rectangular form, a supporting strip extending from end to end and diagonally from an upper corner to a lower corner of the frame, and a plurality of independent pieces of flexible material attached'to said supporting strip and folded to form egg pockets, said strip forming one wall of-each pocket.

4. An egg'carrier comprising a frame of rectangular form, a supporting strip extending from end to end and diagonally from an upper corner to a lower corner of the frame, and a plurality of independent pieces of flexible material attached to said supporting strip and folded to form egg pockets, said strip forming one wall of each pocket, the lower portion of the material forming each pocket being folded to lie against one of the walls of said frame.

An eggcarrier comprising a frame formed from a strip bent to rectangular form and the ends secured together, a supporting strip extending from end to end and diagonally from an uppercorner to a lower corner of the frame, and egg pockets formed from pieces of paper approximately square and provided with-flaps which are secured to the supportingstrip with their lower ends overlapping and their upper ends diverging, forming pockets, the. upper 2111C lower; ends of which are closed by folding the material of the pockets.

6. An egg-carrier comprising a: frame formed frorn a strip ofcorrugated strawboard, a-supporting strip of paper extending diagonally of the frame and egg pockets formed from paper and secured to the supporting strip, the lower ends of said pockets being closed by an oblique foldand the upper endsby folding the inaterial of the pockets downward.

In testimony whereof I affix mv signature.

E-DXVARD O. KRAEPELIN.

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